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07301 ／こおりまち

Fukushima Prefecture 伊達郡

Koori Town

A campaign built a tower-topped office.

Former Date County Office

Photo by Suikotei (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Great kaya tree

A great kaya tree, which yielded old Seto jars at its base,stands at the southern foot of Nishiyama Castle ruins.

A prefectural natural monument. The town's site puts the trunk at about 7.5 m around, measured 60 cm above the base, of a kaya east of a temple at the southern foot of the Koori Nishiyama Castle ruins. Old Seto bottles and other items were found at its base, and a tradition says they held charcoal and bone fragments.

Prefectural natural monument (1953)
Trunk about 7.5 m around (60 cm above base)
Old Seto bottles and more found at the base

02 ／ Irrigation canals

The lower canal dates to 1618, the upper to 1632.Together they are called Nishine Seki.

The Japan Society of Civil Engineers lists Nishine Seki, spanning four municipalities including Koori Town, as completed in 1618 (lower) and 1632 (upper). The prefecture says the drop from intake to end is only 50 m, and that miners from a silver mine and their skills were also used to dig the tunnels.

Selected Civil Engineering Heritage (FY2010)
Lower canal 1618, upper canal 1632
Drop of 50 m from intake to end (prefecture)

03 ／ Kasa pine

An old pine, estimated at 450 years,spreads its branches 16 m wide.

A prefectural natural monument, listed by the prefecture as a temple's "Kasa pine" (designated 2008). The town's site says the old pine in the temple grounds was named during Emperor Meiji's tour of the Tohoku region, and gives its height as 6 m, root girth 5 m and branch spread 16 m.

Prefectural natural monument (2008)
Estimated 450 years old (town)
Branch spread 16 m, height 6 m

Koori Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot October 2024)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The town's trees are the red pine and the kaya.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

The town's overview places Koori Town at the northern end of the Nakadori region of Fukushima Prefecture, about 9.3 km east to west and 8.3 km north to south, with a total area of 42.97 km². Its town trees are the red pine and the kaya; the old pine of a temple and the great kaya are shown.

People living here: 11,459people
Area: 42.97km²
Households: 4,194households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 7 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —1 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities across 1 prefectures.

Koori Town in Japan37.855°N 140.521°E

Territory of Koori Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

8.3km

Fukushima Prefecture: Fukushima City, Date City, Kunimi Town
Miyagi Prefecture: Shiroishi City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Koori Town isthis kind of town.

01The Former Date County Office is a two-story pseudo-Western office topped by a tower; the town says the county office, set up in Hobara, moved to Koori after a local campaign in April 1883 and the building was newly built (an Important Cultural Property)
02The great kaya is a prefectural natural monument at the southern foot of the Koori Nishiyama Castle ruins, and the town says old Seto bottles and more were found at its base
03Nishine Seki is the lower and upper canals spanning four municipalities including Koori Town, chosen in FY2010 as Civil Engineering Heritage, and a temple's Kasa pine is also a prefectural natural monument

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Koori Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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